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sillydoll said:Sawubona Jenny!!!
The probelm with starting during the Easter/labour day holidays is that everyone wants to incorporate these public holidays into their annual leave and that makes it a very popular time to start walking a Camino. The end of April and beginning of May has always been the most popular time to start walking.
This graph from St Jean shows the high reached at the end of April - just as high as July and August.
I'm sure that once the 'holiday' peregrinos have done their two weeks of Camino the numbers will thin out a bit although predictions were that the year after the Holy Year would be the busiest for long distance walkers.
PS: Thanks for taking the letter to Maria!
The biggest shock the next day was to see how many pilgrims there were on the road, and the pressure on to try to find somewhere to spend the next night. There were literally hundreds on the road and always bunched up so hard to overtake.
Wow. Is this normal folks? I pictured a 'reflective' walk, not trying to fight for space on the road
Please tell me this is very rare, or only at certain holiday periods. I'm not looking for crowds........... at all.......
Hi there ... thanks for the advice. I'm doing my first Camino September 2014. I'm going to be slow .... probably between 10 - 15 k a day. Mind you I have the luxury of 3 months off work so am looking forward to taking my time. This is one of my biggest worries .... arriving somewhere and there being no beds available. I will have no trouble at all making a bar my first port of call and asking around! Cheers, Trish.Hi Jenny,
My advice is to toss your guidebook and consider walking BETWEEN the stages - stop at strange places instead of the regular 20-something kilometer stops listed in all the guide books. Don't worry about getting a bed and certainly do not race for one.
Also, there are often people in town who rent rooms/beds. I found that very often I could share a PRIVATE habitacion with a couple of friendly pilgrims for less than the crowded albergue. So go to a bar when you first reach town and ASK.
Remember.. it's ok to take a taxi or a bus to the next (or the last) stop.
There are no rules.
Buen Camino!
Hi there ... thanks for the advice. I'm doing my first Camino September 2014. I'm going to be slow .... probably between 10 - 15 k a day. Mind you I have the luxury of 3 months off work so am looking forward to taking my time. This is one of my biggest worries .... arriving somewhere and there being no beds available. I will have no trouble at all making a bar my first port of call and asking around! Cheers, Trish.
Hi nellpilgrim ….. that was a very nice perspective …. sometimes it just takes a slight change in perspective to see some things differently…… a good way to be … IMHO
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